A pneumatic tire manufactured with a sector mold consisting of a plurality of arc-shaped segments comprises a plurality of island rows of ribs (9-12) or blocks (5-8) in its tread portion and sipes (13-15) formed in at least one island row. Among these sipes, the depth of a sipe located in the vicinity of a position of a tread surface corresponding to an edge of the arc-shaped segment is made shall...

A method for attaching a diamond component to metal is described, wherein a layer of brazing material is provided at the interface between the diamond and the metal. A laser is used for heating the brazing material. The laser beam is focussed through the diamond at least substantially on the interface between the diamond and the metal. In one aspect, the invention is utilized in the manufacture of...

PURPOSE:To reduce the packing losses due to phase shift by a method wherein before start of a packing apparatus, a differential driving motor for differential gears is brought in operation by a controller so that rotating bodies are brought back into a phase relation which has been stored in a memory circuit during the preceding operation. CONSTITUTION:A phase relation between rotating bodies Aa, ...

PURPOSE:To carry in a stable posture and package a group of articles-to-be- packaged which cannot stand by themselves and have uneven weight balance. CONSTITUTION:An article feeding conveyor 22 and the article carrying path of an ice maker main body 12 are tilted upward toward the downstream side. Holding mechanism 40, 40 which are equipped with holding plates to be longitudinally movable to the c...

PURPOSE:To provide a vertical sealing device for a vertical bag-making filling/ packaging machine, which can perform heater temperature control appropriately, perform fine adjustment coping with types of webs or feeding speeds, perform butt-seam center sealing favorably by feeding a web continuously, reduce noise and vibration of the machine drastically, and perform high speed packaging. CONSTITUT...

PURPOSE:To positively avoid being biten of falling articles to be packaged during high speed running by a side heater, by providing a scraping bar box motion to do a box motion repeating lowering, closing faster than the side heater. CONSTITUTION:When side heaters 2a, 2b are opened, scraping bars 6a, 6b are opened not to contact articles to be packaged dropping in a packing cylinder H to pass thro...

PURPOSE:To prevent a belt from being exerted with large shocks upon abrupt deceleration to enhance the durability of the V-belt, by compensating a reference line pressure determined in accordance with the operating condition of an engine, to a low value upon detection of abrupt deceleration. CONSTITUTION:In a stepless speed change unit 4 in which the gear ratio is changed by adjusting the groove g...

PURPOSE:To keep good contact between a current collector and a conductive electrolyte-holding layer to increase cycle life performance by forming the conductive electrolyte-holding layer with polytetrafluoroethylene and conductive powder. CONSTITUTION:An electrode group formed by stacking mutually one cathode plate 1 and two anode plates 2 and 2 with an interposed glass fiber separator 4 is insert...

A tyre building apparatus includes a former made of a plurality of segment units (3) arranged in a circumference, an inner shaft (5) extending through the former, an outer shaft (6) and a sleeve (100) slidably mounted on the inner shaft (5), the outer shaft (6) and the sleeve (100) carrying a right guide mechanism (7), a left guide mechanism (7), a right slider (8), and a left slider (8) respectiv...

BCRF1 proteins, and expression vectors for producing them, are provided for treating conditions associated with excessive production of IFN- gamma . Compositions of the invention containing BCRF1 proteins are useful in treating a variety of disorders, including allergy, psoriasis, tissue rejection, and MHC-linked autoimmune diseases.

Ein Aktenvernichter besitzt einen schrankartigen Unterbau (4c, 4d) und einen die Schneidwalzen (1, 2) abdeckenden, haubenartigen Aufsatz (4), der einen sich konisch zum Walzeneinzugsspalt (3) hin verjüngenden Schnittgutzuführkanal (5) aufweist und bei dem die obere Begrenzungskante (K1) des Kanals (K) in vertikaler Projektion (VP) gesehen seitlich versetzt (a) zum Schneidwalzeneinzugsspalt (3) lie...

Die Erfindung betrifft einen Robotarm eines Flächenportalroboters mit einem Arbeitskopf (22), der in drei lineare Richtungen (X,Y,Z) und um zwei Drehachsen (a,c) bewegbar ist, und mit einem an dem Arbeitskopf vorgesehenen Werkzeug (A) zum Erfassen von banderolierten Stapeln (K) flacher Kartonzuschnitte mittels einer auf der Oberseite des Stapels aufgesetzten Saugvorrichtung (11,12) und einer schwe...

A period time required for a gear shift operation is measured from the time (T2) at which a prime motor (1) output speed (NE) starts decreasing to the (T3) time at which a psuedo speed ratio ( epsilon ) reaches a predetermined value. Based on the period of time measured, a line pressure is controlled during the period of time. Alternatively, a prime motor output torque is controlled during the per...

In a medical examination or therapy device, the aim is to ensure an exact recording of the respiratory activity of the patient, in particular a recording of the tidal volume. The patient breathes through a spirometer (8), which has a measurement transformer (10, 11) for the measurement of volumes and a transmitter for generating trigger signals. In addition, a closure element (14) for the air...

PURPOSE:To contrive to improve the sealing workability of a tube by a structure wherein the device concerned consists of a main body and a plurality of sealing heads, which are provided on the main body for sealing the tube and respectively retractable from sealing position and shiftable in the axial direction of the tube. CONSTITUTION:When the three point sealing of a tube is intended, the left e...

PURPOSE:To control the generation of an adherent substance and to improve the recovery of a pre-asphaltene by performing a process so as to provide a specified weight ratio of the heavy liquefied material to insoluble matter, such as ashes, in a heavy liquefied material solution in a slurry. CONSTITUTION:A mixture of raw coal, a catalyst, and a solvent is subjected to primary hydrogenation and the...

The invention proposes a method for the production of nestable parts, at least one part being produced by powder diecasting. To compensate for the shrinkage of the part produced by powder diecasting and, if required, to provide additional play, a separating layer (5) of plastic is applied between the nestable parts. After the casting operation, the separating layer and the binder are eliminated du...

A heavy duty pneumatic tyre comprises a carcass 1 reinforced by a ply of radially disposed metal cords extending between two bead regions (2, Fig. 1) and in each bead region turned around a bead core 6 from the axial inside to the outside to form a carcass ply turn-up 7, each carcass ply turn-up being wrapped by a fabric layer 9 comprising parallel cords inclined to the radial direction of the tyr...

A toe iron of a safety ski binding has a basic body (11) which is to be attached to the ski and at which a sole-holder (13), which holds an inserted ski boot from above and from the sides, is mounted so that it can be pivoted up about a transverse axle (12) arranged in the front end region and at the bottom. The sole-holder has two lateral jaws (17, 18) which can be swivelled out laterally about v...